2024 Democratic National Convention
The 2024 Democratic National Convention is a presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party will select the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. It is scheduled to be held August 19 to 22, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.[3][4]
Convention
By tradition,[5] because the Democratic Party currently holds the White House, its convention will be conducted after the 2024 Republican National Convention, which is scheduled for July 15 to 18, 2024.
Site selection[edit]
Early developments[edit]
Amid the downsizing of the 2020 Democratic National Convention held in various parts of the United States, including its main host city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a virtual format impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was discussion among some notable individuals in Milwaukee about the city pushing to receive the 2024 convention as consolation.[6][7][8] Speculation existed that, due to the circumstances surrounding the downsizing of the 2020 convention, Milwaukee would be a front-runner to host the convention if it pursued it.[9] Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was open to the city hosting either a Democratic or Republican convention in 2024.[10]
In the summer of 2021, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison sent letters to over twenty cities inviting them to bid to host the convention.[11]
Officials in Columbus, Ohio, had, since at least 2019, discussed trying to seek either the Democratic or Republican convention in 2024.[12]
After being one of approximately twenty cities that Harrison invited to bid, Milwaukee Mayor Barrett wrote Harrison a letter indicating the city's interest in hosting the party's 2024 convention.[13][14] Milwaukee was also bidding to host the 2024 Republican National Convention.[15]
Nashville, Tennessee had taken action to pursue the Democratic Convention. Nashville also bid to host the Republican National Convention.[15]
Top Democrats from Illinois, including Governor J. B. Pritzker, Senator Tammy Duckworth, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, laid the groundwork to host the Convention in Chicago.[16] Chicago has hosted the most major-party presidential nominating conventions of any city (14 Republican, 11 Democrat). The 1968 Democratic National Convention was mired in violence between anti-war demonstrators and the Chicago Police Department. The most recent convention (1996 Democratic National Convention) saw the renomination of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.[17] On May 3, 2022, Chicago launched a website to promote the city as a potential host for the convention.[18] Facilities in Chicago that had been mentioned as potential primary venues include the United Center, Wintrust Arena, and Navy Pier.[19]
On May 14, 2022, Atlanta, Georgia, announced its plans to bid.[20] In late May 2022, New York City, New York, announced its bid for the convention.[21] New York City had not previously been expected to bid.[22]